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Ugandan musician Jose Chameleone, real name Joseph Mayanja, has issued an apology for kissing his brother on the lips while on stage during a concert performance on Friday in the capital, Kampala.

It wasn't the first time the brothers kissed on stage, but recently there has been a sharp rise in anti-gay sentiments in the country, with calls for a crackdown on promoters of same-sex relations.

Jose Chameleone's kiss with his musician brother Weasel saw an influential preacher registering a complaint with the Uganda police against the pair.

"I know most of my friends have been offended and didn't carry it lightly. I sincerely apologise. It was just too much energy, excitement. I actually regret it," the musician said in a tweeted video.

The patron of Uganda Musicians Association said he had reached out to Pastor Martin Ssempa with a view to withdraw, external the complaint against Jose Chameleone.

Uganda's parliament on Tuesday gave an opposition MP permission to introduce an anti-homosexuality bill, which he said was meant to deal with recruitment, promotion and funding of activities related to same-sex relations.

Gay relationships are illegal in Uganda, where they can be punished by up to life in prison for committing "unnatural offences".

It was cheers and high-fives as Bola Tinubu watched on television while being pronounced the winner of Nigeria's presidential election.

The 70-year-old veteran politician secured a decisive win - with about two million votes more than his nearest rival.

He has called for reconciliation with his opponents.

A video is being shared on social media that shows how he rejoiced with supporters at his home in the capital, Abuja, as he was declared the president-elect:

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The state-run news agency in Somalia says at least 10 al-Shabab militants have been killed in a security operation in the central Hiiraan region.

It said those killed in Tuesday's engagement included three senior commanders of the Islamist group, adding that the national intelligence agency and international partner forces were involved.

Al-Shabab has lost large areas of territory in recent months in the face of an offensive by Somalia's military working with the African Union, US forces and clan militia - but it continues to launch attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, and some neighbouring countries.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is starting a four-nation tour of Central Africa with a visit to Gabon, as France reshapes its strategy on the continent.

This follows its troops' bruising withdrawal from Mali and Burkina Faso.

He won't visit them or any of the other Sahel countries, where Paris has been blamed for failing to curb Islamist militancy.

Both Mali and Burkina Faso have now invited in Russian mercenaries, but French diplomats hope Mr Macron's tour will counter the increasing Russian and Chinese influence in Africa.

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated president-elect Bola Tinubu, saying he is the best man for the job.

"I shall now work with him and his team to ensure an orderly handover of power," the president said in a statement.

Mr Tinubu's win has been disputed by opposition parties, who have demanded a rerun.

President Buhari is stepping down after two terms in office.

He acknowledged challenges in the voting procedure, but said there was no doubt to the "freeness and fairness of the elections".

"If they [opposition parties] feel the need to challenge, please take it to the courts, not to the streets," he said.

The US has placed a bounty on the spokesperson of the militant Islamist al-Shabab group.

It offered $5m for for information leading to the identification or location of Ali Mohamed Rage, also known as Ali Dheere.

He has been al-Shabab’s chief spokesperson since May 2009 and is a senior leader of the group, the State Department said.

Al-Shabab militants have recently carried out several attacks in Somalia despite government forces gaining ground in areas previously under the group's control.

More on al-Shabab:

• Are militant attacks on the rise in Somalia?
• Somalia and al-Shabab: The struggle to defeat the militants

Nigeria ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party has thanked Nigerians for electing its presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, although opposition parties have disputed the election results.

The 70-year-old veteran politician got 8,794,726 votes - 37% of votes counted - according to official results..

The elections were Nigeria’s most hotly contested since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in 1999.

"Thank you Nigerians for electing Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President Elect of Nigeria," the ruling party tweeted.

Opposition parties have described the election as a sham.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party said results had been manipulated, and they wanted a new election to be organised.

The electoral commission said they should take their complaints to court.

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Three journalists from one of Egypt's last remaining independent media outlets are to be put on trial.

The three women work for the liberal online newspaper Mada Masr.

They are charged with offending legislators from the Nation's Future party, which strongly supports President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

If convicted, the journalists could face prison sentences of up to two years, and hefty fines.

Nation's Future disputes an article carried by the website last August, which reported that a state watchdog had accused its MPs of gross financial misconduct.

The Egyptian authorities have tried to clamp down on Mada Masr at least twice before.

The newspaper has struggled to keep its publishing licence.

Opposition parties condemn the election as a sham as Bola Tinubu wins 36% of the vote.

We're pausing our coverage of the results coming in from Nigeria's tightly contested presidential elections.

The electoral commission is taking a two-hour break, having announced the results of 14 states and the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday afternoon. It is expected to announce at least another two results later on this evening.

We'll be back on Wednesday morning, but you can follow the latest results - and all the drama around the election - on our website and dedicated results page.

Here are the main points from the results released so far:

• The governing APC party's candidate, Bola Tinubu, has a lead of about 1.5 million votes
• He has 39% of votes counted so far, while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP has 31%, followed by Labour's Peter Obi with 20%
• Their parties have called for the election to be cancelled, describing it as a sham
• They have been critical of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) and its handling of the electronic voting system
• Inec has said complaints should be taken to court once all the results are in
• Rival protests have taken place outside the commission's headquarters, one accusing it of fraud, the other praising its integrity
• There are 36 states plus the capital, Abuja - a candidate needs 25% of votes in two-thirds of these to win, as well as having the most votes.

Nigeria’s opposition PDP candidate Atiku Abukar has gained the majority of votes in Nigeria’s north-western state of Sokoto, according to official results.

He got 288,679, but the APC’s Bola Tinubu, candidate for the governing party, was not far behind, picking up 285,444 votes.

The Labour Party’s Peter Obi trailed way behind the majority Muslim state with 6,568 votes.

One of the outlier presidential candidates in Nigeria's election has won close to a million votes in the northern vote-rich Kano state, according to official results.

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the NNPP got 997,279 votes, upsetting Bola Tinubu of the APC (517,341) and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP (131,716) in the majority Muslim-state.

Peter Obi of the Labour Party got 28,513 ballots.

Mr Kwankwaso, 66, is a former defence minister, former senator and served two-terms as governor of Kano, one of Nigeria's most-populous states.

He is rarely seen without his red cap. It is a symbol of his ambition and his achievements.

Read more: Who is Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP?

Nigeria’s ruling party candidate has won a comfortable majority in the presidential election in Zamfara, the north-western state of Zamfara.

Bola Tinubu of the APC got 298,396 votes with Atiku Abubakar of the PDP taking 193,978.

The mainly Muslim state is among several grappling an epidemic of kidnapping for ransom.

The Labour Party’s Peter Obi failed to secure many votes, only getting 1,660, trailing behind former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the NNPP, who got 4,044.

Atiku Abubakar has beaten Nigeria's ruling APC party's candidate Bola Tinubu in the north-western state of Kebbi, according to results announced by the electoral commission.

The PDP presidential candidate got 285,175 votes compared to Mr Tinubu's 248,088.

Labour Party's Peter Obi secured 10,682 ballots.

There are 36 states plus the capital Abuja - in order to win in the first round a candidate needs 25% of votes in at least 25 of these, as well as having the most votes nationwide.

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Nigeria's vote-rich Kaduna state has gifted the three main presidential candidates many votes, with the most going to opposition PDP's Atiku Abubakar.

The two-term former vice-president got 554,360 votes, according to results announced by the electoral commission.

The northern state, which has large Christian and Muslim communities, gave 399,293 votes to the ruling APC party's Bola Tinubu.

The Labour Party's Peter Obi, whose party lacks the the networks enjoyed by the other two main parties, got 294,494.

The southern oil-rich state of Bayelsa has been won by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the opposition PDP, according to official results released by the Nigerian electoral commission.

Voting in some areas of the state were delayed until Sunday because of logistical problems on Saturday when the rest of the country voted.

Mr Abubakar got 68,818 votes, ahead of Labour Party candidate Peter Obi, who got 49,975, and Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC with 42,672.

Atiku Abubakar has trounced rivals in the north-eastern state of Bauchi, garnering 426,607, according to official results.

The ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu also made a strong showing, he got 316,694.

Peter Obi of Labour party came a distant fourth with 27,373, behind NNPP's Rabiu Kwankwaso, who got 72,103.

Peter Obi of Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party has won Nigeria's central state of Plateau with 466,272 votes.

The state, which is at the crossroads between the country’s predominantly Muslim north and the largely Christian south, had more than one million accredited voters, officials results show.

APC candidate Bola Tinubu got 307,195 votes with Atiku Abubakar of the opposition PDP coming third with 243,808.